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Proposed Project
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning
Prevention Surveillance System
(HHLPPSS)(OMB Control No. 0920–
0931, Expiration April 30, 2015)—
Extension—National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH) and
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The overarching goal of the Healthy
Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
Surveillance System (HHLPPSS) is to
support healthy homes surveillance
activities at the state and national levels.
HHLPSS is not a research study; rather
it is a systematic assessment of
programmatic activities under the
healthy homes cooperative agreement.
CDC is requesting a three-year extension
of Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for up to 40 local and
state Healthy Homes Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention Programs (CLPPP)
and the state-based Adult Blood Lead
Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES)
programs. The programs will continue
to report information (e.g., presence of
lead paint, age of housing, occupation of
adults and type of housing) via
encrypted files and submit,
electronically, to HHLPPB staff at CDC.
The electronic files will be kept in
accordance with CDC Records Control
Schedules.
Over the last three years, 7 states have
adopted the HHLPPSS and 13 are in
beta-testing. In October 2014, CDC
began funding 40 state and local blood
lead surveillance programs. Many of
these programs and their subcontractors
at the local level will come on line with
HHLPPSS in the next year.
The objectives for this surveillance
system are two-fold. First, the HHLPPSS
allows CDC to systematically track how
the state and local programs conduct
case management and follow-up of
residents with housing-related health
outcomes. Second, the system allows for
identification and collection of
information on other housing-related
risk factors. Childhood and adult lead
poisoning is just one of many adverse
health conditions that are related to
common housing deficiencies. Multiple
hazards in housing (e.g., mold, vermin,
radon and the lack of safety devices)
continue to adversely affect the health
of residents. HHLPPSS offers a
coordinated, comprehensive, and
systematic public health approach to
eliminate multiple housing-related
health hazards.
HHLPPSS enables flexibility to
evaluate housing where the risk for lead
poisoning is high, regardless of whether
children less than 6 years of age
currently reside there. Thus, HHLPPSS
supports CDC efforts for primary
prevention of childhood and adult lead
poisoning. Over the past several decades
there has been a remarkable reduction
in environmental sources of lead,
improved protection from occupational
lead exposure, and an overall decreasing
trend in the prevalence of elevated
blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S. adults.
As a result, the U.S. national BLL
geometric mean among adults was 1.2
mg/dL during 2009–2010. Nonetheless,
lead exposures continue to occur at
unacceptable levels. Current research
continues to find that BLLs previously
considered harmless can have harmful
effects in adults, such as decreased renal
function and increased risk for
hypertension and essential tremor at
BLLs <10 mg/dL.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated
annual burden hours are 640.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
Form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
State and Local Health Departments .............
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Surveillance Variables (HHLPPSS).
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
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Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Refugee Microenterprise and
Refugee Home-Based Child Care
Microenterprise Development Programs
OMB No.: 0970
Description: The Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR) within the
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Administration for Children and
families (ACF) is responsible for
resettling thousands of refugees every
year from all over the world. The main
goal of the ORR (US) refugee domestic
resettlement program is to assist the
refugees in becoming self-reliant at the
shortest time possible. ORR has many
different discretionary grants that it
employs to accomplish this goal. Two of
the discretionary grants are the Refugee
Microenterprise Development (MED)
and the Refugee Home-Based Child Care
Microenterprise Development (HBCC
MED) Programs. The goals of the MED
program are to assist refugees in
becoming economically self-sufficient,
assist refugee serving organizations
galvanize resources to strengthen their
capacities to expand and continue their
microenterprise services at an expanded
and sustainable level, and enhance the
integration to the mainstream and
realize the American Dream. The focus
of the HBCC Program is on women that
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have limited opportunity to get
employment at livable wages because of
limited transferable skills and lack of
knowledge of the English language.
Through the program women refugees
are provided basic training in child care
and development, state and local legal
requirements to get a license and to
establish a home-based child care
service. The ultimate goal of the
program is to enable the women
refugees establish a home-based child
care service in their neighborhood.
ORR works with nonprofit
organizations in implementing these
projects. Currently, there are 22 projects
in the Refugee Microenterprise
Development Program and 23 projects
in the Refugee Home-Based Child Care
Microenterprise Development Program.
It is critical to collect data through a
semi-annual report in order to
determine whether or not the programs
are achieving their intended goals, to
address concerns, issues, and challenges
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the grantees may be experiencing in
implementing their projects on a timely
manner, and, for writing Annual Report
to Congress.
Respondents: Refugee Microenterprise
Development Program 22. Refugee
Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise
Development Program 23
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
responses per
respondents
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Average
burden hours
per
respondents
Total burden
hours
Refugee Microenterprise Development Program ............................................
Refugee Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise Development Program ....
22
23
8
7
4
4
88
92
Total Burden .............................................................................................
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180
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 180.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
Email address: infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Office of Refugee Resettlement
Individual Development Accounts (ORR
IDA) Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Refugee
Resettlement seeks OMB approval to
develop three data collection tools for
use in the ORR IDA Program.
The ORR IDA Program represents an
anti-poverty strategy built on asset
accumulation for low-income refugee
individuals and families with the goal of
promoting refugee economic
independence.
IDAs are leveraged or matched,
savings accounts. In the ORR Refugee
IDA program, IDAs are matched with
federal funds that have been allocated as
‘‘match funds’’ from at least 65 percent
of the annual federal grant award. IDAs
are established in insured accounts in
qualified financial institutions. The
funds are intended for the Asset Goals
specified in this announcement.
Although the refugee participant
maintains control of all funds that the
participant deposits in the IDA,
including all interest that may accrue on
the funds, the participant must sign a
Savings Plan Agreement which specifies
that the funds in the account will be
used only for the participant’s qualified
Asset Goal(s) or for an emergency
withdrawal.
The objectives of this program are to:
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1. Establish IDAs for eligible
participants;
2. Encourage regular saving habits
among refugees;
3. Promote their participation in the
financial institutions of this country;
4. Promote refugee acquisition of
assets to build individual, family, and
community resources;
5. Increase refugee knowledge of
financial and monetary topics including
developing a household budget;
6. Assist refugees in advancing their
education;
7. Increase home ownership among
refugees; and
8. Assist refugees in gaining access to
capital.
The tools will collect information
from grantees that will help ORR
determine whether they are meeting the
objectives of the program. Data to be
collected will only include specialized,
and relevant information to the program
such as, number of people enrolled,
amount in dollar allocated for matching
IDA savings, number and value of assets
purchased, confirmation of refugee
status, and types and quantity of
training provided. Tools will be used for
semi-annual reports as well as for
monitoring to ensure progress towards
success, and appropriate use of federal
funds.
Respondents: Office of Refugee
Resettlement Individual Development
Accounts Program grantees.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Refugee Microenterprise and Refugee Home-Based Child Care
Microenterprise Development Programs
OMB No.: 0970
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the
Administration for Children and families (ACF) is responsible for
resettling thousands of refugees every year from all over the world.
The main goal of the ORR (US) refugee domestic resettlement program is
to assist the refugees in becoming self-reliant at the shortest time
possible. ORR has many different discretionary grants that it employs
to accomplish this goal. Two of the discretionary grants are the
Refugee Microenterprise Development (MED) and the Refugee Home-Based
Child Care Microenterprise Development (HBCC MED) Programs. The goals
of the MED program are to assist refugees in becoming economically
self-sufficient, assist refugee serving organizations galvanize
resources to strengthen their capacities to expand and continue their
microenterprise services at an expanded and sustainable level, and
enhance the integration to the mainstream and realize the American
Dream. The focus of the HBCC Program is on women that have limited
opportunity to get employment at livable wages because of limited
transferable skills and lack of knowledge of the English language.
Through the program women refugees are provided basic training in child
care and development, state and local legal requirements to get a
license and to establish a home-based child care service. The ultimate
goal of the program is to enable the women refugees establish a home-
based child care service in their neighborhood.
ORR works with nonprofit organizations in implementing these
projects. Currently, there are 22 projects in the Refugee
Microenterprise Development Program and 23 projects in the Refugee
Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise Development Program. It is
critical to collect data through a semi-annual report in order to
determine whether or not the programs are achieving their intended
goals, to address concerns, issues, and challenges
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the grantees may be experiencing in implementing their projects on a
timely manner, and, for writing Annual Report to Congress.
Respondents: Refugee Microenterprise Development Program 22.
Refugee Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise Development Program 23
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average
Number of Number of burden hours Total burden
Instrument respondents responses per per hours
respondents respondents
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Refugee Microenterprise Development Program..... 22 8 4 88
Refugee Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise 23 7 4 92
Development Program............................
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Total Burden................................ .............. .............. .............. 180
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 180.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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